Ctimene (mythology) explained

In Greek mythology, Ctimene (;^[1] Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: Κτιμένη|Ktiménē, pronounced as /grc/) or Ctemene (Κτημένης Ktemene) may refer to two distinct women:

• Ctimene or Ctemene,^[2] mother of Meges, one of the Achaean Leaders, by King Phyleus of Dulichium, the son of King Augeas of Elis.^[3] Otherwise, the mother of Meges was called either Ctesimache,^[4] Agnete,^[5] Eustyoche^[6] or Timandra.^[7] Ctemene might be the mother of Phyleus’ daughter Eurydameia who begot Euchenor and Cleitus by the seer Polyeidus.^[8] This Ctimene may be the same below.
• Ctimene, daughter of Laertes and Anticlea, and younger sister of Odysseus.^[9]

Notes and References

1. Book: Gardner . Dorsey . Webster's Condensed Dictionary . 1887 . George Routledge and Sons . 716 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240525100404/https://books.google.com/books?id=aU0yAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA716#v=onepage&q&f=false . 25 May 2024 . live . 10 April 2018.
2. [John Tzetzes|Tzetzes]
3. [Eustathius of Thessalonica|Eustathius]
4. Tzetzes, Homeric Allegories Prologue 577
5. Tzetzes, Homeric Allegories Prologue 576
6. [Hyginus]
7. Eustathius ad Homer, Iliad p. 305.17; Scholia ad Euripides, Orestes 249 = Hesiod, Ehoiai fr. 176 (no. 46 in the Loeb edition, 1914)
8. [Pherecydes of Athens|Pherecydes]
9. [Homer]